The Clinton News-Record, 1907-07-11, Page 7• July' 110, 1907
0. D. ¥cTgart IL. D. Seraepgart.
McTaggart Bros,
-"BANKERS.
A GENERAL BANKING BUSI-
NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES
DISOO,UNTED. DRAFTS ISSUE0.
INTEleveST ALLOWED ON 1E
-
POSITS. SALE Nowa
ILSED.
•••••••=.11•
W. SETT/ONE,
BARRISTER, SOLIcaTOR
NOTARY, runic,. wro,
approz-sio•ne Block-DIANTos.
IRIDOUT & HALE
Conveyancers, Commissioners,
Real Esta and Iesurance.
, Agency. ..Money to loall•
C. B. HALE ee JOHN 7.1.:D.OUT
DRS. GUNN & GUNN
Dr. W. Gunn L. R. C. P.•& L.R.C.S.
-Edinburgh-
Dr. J. Nesbit Gann M., R. C. S, Eng.
L. R. C. P. London
Night calls atedront door of residence
on Rattenbury street, opposite
Presbyterian church
OFFICE- Ontario street-CLINTON
•
-DR. J. W. SHAW-
-OFFICE-
• RATTENBURY. ST. EAST,
t . •
•
-CLINTON.-
DR. 0. W. THOMPSON.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention pven ulLis$stage
it the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat...,
, -Office and Residence- •
HURON ST. SOUTH, ()LINTON
11 doors west of the Commercial hotel,
• -DR. F. A. AXON. -
(Successor to Dr. Holmes.)
Specialist in Crown and Bridge.
work.
Graduate• of the Royal College of
Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
graduate of University of Toronto,
Dental Department . Graduate of the
Chicago College of Dental Surgery,.
Casicago.
Will be at the Commercial hotel
Hayfield, every Monday from 10 a. m.,
to 5 p.
J. LEWIS el' HO AI A S.
Civil Engiiieer, Architect, -eni.
(late Dominion Department Public
Walks.)
, Consulting Engineer for Mir.-
icipal and County Work,
Fi-
ectric Railroads, Sewerage and -
Witerworas Systems, Wharves,
Bridges and Re -enforced roe
Crete.
Phone 2220 L 0 N D 0 N, 0 N T.
mm.•••••••=•••••
AUCT1ONEER--JAMeefe SMITH Li-
censed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron.- All orders entrusted to
me will receive prompt attention
Will sell either by percentage or
Per sale Residence on the Hayfield
Road, one mile south of Clinton.
ACENSED AUCTIONEER.-GEOR-
ee Elliott, licensed auctioneer for
the County of Huron, ,,solicits' the
patronage of the public for •busi-
ness in his line. %ales conducted
• or. pereentagt or no much per sale.
•.All business promptly attended to.
-George Ellicet, Clinton P. 0., re-
sidence on the Hayfield Line. 58
50 YEARS'
EXPERIENCE
PATENTS
TRADE Menes•
Dratcres
Coevetaiers &C.
Anyone sending a sketch and deecrOon may
imickly ascertain our opinion free tber au
invention ts probablypateptabe. Communion..
COM 1ttriotly confidential. tIANOBOOK on Patents
sent free. Meet agency for seturmg patents.
Patents taken throngb Munn .& co. 030431V43
%pedal notice, without charge, la the
Scientific .11inerican. .
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. to -pest els'.
sulation of any scientifie Journal, ordrms, $3 a
iyiear ; four months, $1. Sold.hyall nowadealers.
UNN & Co2618maM'' New Yrk
graven Off$0.4..... V St..Wrebingtop, %I.
THE TOURIST spAso
litng en Ad a 441ARCO to Malta le
offered he those who spend the Mest
Part of the year on the farir, in
the Antall settle:pots. )
Province has more irteiteith.g ie
Sorts; than Ontario 'rhe charMing
Muskoka Lakes, Gredegian Me, Lake
Of Bays, Temegami, eleoliguin Pari,
Lake Huron Beaches, Kewartha Lak-
es, St. Lawrence
MouLtaiiis, Sea ilea .t •14:tice tnssd
Expositiop, Eta.
The Grand Trunk Railway System
and connections can give yea a com-
fortable fourney to ate, of the above
points.
Misse!
AgeocyliClillioil
I have been appointed agent
for the. atessey-Harris Com-
pany in this district and will
keep on hand a complete list
of supplies in my store oppos-
ite the Molsens Bank.
I am also 'continuing the
flour, feed arid seed grain bus-
inees and respectfully solicit a
a continuance of your patron-
age. .
J. A. Ford.
The M01011013 Mutual Fire'
Insulance Cpuirianu
--Farm and Isolated Town Property
-Only Insured --
e -OFFICERS -
J. IL McLean, President, Kippen
0. ; Thos. Fraser, •Vice-Presideut,
Brucelield P. 0.; T. E. Hays. Sec.-
Treastirer, .Seaforth P: 0 •
-DIRECTORS- "
William Shesney, Seaforth ; Juhr.
Grieve, Wintlacop ;.George Dale, Sea-
-forth ;, John Watt, Bedeck ; John
Bennewies,.. Brodbegan a James Evans
Beechwocra ; • James Connolly, Clinton.
' --AGENTS,
Robert Smith, Harlock ; E. rain-
chley, Seaforth ; James Cummings;
EgmOndville ; J. W. Yeo. Holmes-
ville. •• : •
Parties .desirous to effect. instiranee
or transact .other business •will• ' he
promptly attencied to an application
to any of the above officers'Addressed•
te'tbeir respeatiee postoffiees. Losses
inspected by the director who' liver
nearest the scene,
•
ILIPPliriCOTT'S
MONTHLY MAGAZINE
A FAMILY LIMPIeftY
The Best ht-gprrent Literature
12 ectalIDLZTIr NOvitLe YEARLY
MANY SHORT' STORIES AND
PAPERS ON TIMELY TOPICS
*MOO PEN ; 28 CTS. A COPY
,NO CONTINUED STORIES.
ittitrie tramiltis oOMP&ZlttiN ereeter
F.14yT 'Oleo Onoliot .
.hoomatualay
:ALD s killisd a bushel
PA
oefiloo. •
- 80i.o Y --
DRUCCISTS, GROCERS AND GENERAL STORES
too. per pocket) or 3 smelosto for also.
win It a whole ose.sOrl.
"Terit.tv.r.arD
upwards
FOR *SALE BY 4: H. HELLYAR
CLINTON, ONT.'•
GRAND TRUNK RAVEV
Canto& Nizweaditecorc
With Edged T
�y IIENR4Y -S ETON MERRIMAN
maw sr "Vie Sewers," "Iteders's Center," "aresis
c000ratlen te Anetner,"rt---...-,
Copyright,. 1000, by HARPER. ee SROTetnillta`
• easseeiesiateeseteraseesesesesse
'
."I am," she admitted, with some with grand free sweeps. The beset
retrprise, "I wonder' bow yen knew7 fell with a thud and lay still, dead.
ani afraid of. him." The two meu clambered moss t
"I can reassure you on that score," rocks again, -side by side. While
Oeid Meredith, "For the next two 'Stood over the prostrate for of the
years or so Durnovo will be 1n daily leopard, beautiful, ineomparallie grace
intercourse with me. Be will be under rut and sleek even in death, Guy Os
my immediate eye. I did not nutlet- card. stole a sidelong glance at. hill
pate much pleasure from his society, • Companion. He Was a Modest Malt,
but now I do." •and yet be knew that he was reckoned
"Why?" sbe asked, rather Mystified. among the big game hunters of the
"Because I shall have the daily mitts- age. Ties man had fired as quickly ati
faction of knowing that I am relieving lampelf, and there were two, small
you of an anxiety."
"It is Very kind of you to put it in While he was being quietly scrutt
trickling boles in the animal's head.
. '111.111.10101.1111111.11.10.1111$01100111101MITII
to you mother-Voy fine ritle-no, Pen tekhn radii Ids estate hird. head- .' Duithoeni bunted' Okay vilth a O&M
,
no More totilght: I'm eweary. yeti quarters at Mettle to cultivate the of excitenient in bis dark eyes.
understand iiiveary!" Admiacine. and such corn and vegeta- Mendell Gorden did not resitme his
"Aweary, awe-e.etarel" repeated the Wes am loaY he required for the sue.
little things, Alluding before him in tenonCe of the expedition; these WM
illffiatila nude rotundity, looking up to net as porters until the plateau be
with bright eyes. reached.
".weary, that is it. rio04 night, "The opinion of two of the three
leaders againet one to be accepted
filpaminondas; good night, Xantippel
Give ye good hap, roost stout Nesteriust's
He stooped and gravely shook halide*
with each one in turn, and, after foree
• partner or partners ouch moneys as
Ing a like cerernoniel upon !Guy Oseard,1
• Iliall belong to him or them."
At this jugeture there was a little
they reluctantly withdrew,
po'slelbeeysahkevoesciaiorat ajosinheedf oleo, wIedsuet
pause while Guy Oseard lighted a sec -
end match.
companion into the house. "And," continued aack, "we -hereby
"Not yet. They live in this place.. .
undertake severally on oath to hola
estorlous, I understand, takes care
the secret of the whereabouts, of the
his mother, who in her turn takes
care of tbis house He is one and a •simiacine a idled secret, which secret
May not be revealed brany one of us
half," ,
to whomaoever It may be, without the
' Guy Oscard seemed to have Inherited
sanction, in writing, of the other two
the mind inquisitive from bis learned partnere"
father. He asked another question
later on.
nneceiditionally in all questions where
•Controversy may ariee. In case of
death each of u* undertakes hereby to
hand over to the executor of the dead
. • .. ,• "There," concluded Jack Meredith,
"I Pa rather pleased with that literary
"Who is that woman?" he said during_ prodUctiou. It is forcible And yet de -
dinner, with a Uttle noci toward the •void of violence. I feel that in me the
doOrway through which the object of commerce of the century has- lost an
his cariosity bad passed with some ornament. Moreover. I am ready to
plates. swear to the terms of the agreement"
that way," said Jocelyn. "But I nized Jack Meredith stooped down and, "That is tbe mother of thestout Nes- There was a little pause. Guy Os- '
should not like you to sacrifice your- taking the leopard beneath the shout- torius," answered lack,' Durnrces card took his pipe from his mouth, and
self to what may be a foolish prejudice ders, lifted it bodily back from the housekeeper.'
while he knocked the ashes out against
on my part" • pool of blood. He Rieke quietly, looking straight in the leg of his chair he mumbled, "i
"It is not a foothill prejudice. "Pity to spoil the skin," he explainedfront of him; and Joseph, who was
swear to hold to that agreement" I
•
Durnovo Is not a gentleman, either by as be put a fresh cartridge into hie drawing a cork at the back of the room, Victor Durnovo took off his bat with
birth or inclination. He is not 'fit to Hite.
•Oscard nodded in an approving way There
, was watching his face.
bared brow to the stare he said: "I
a sweep arid a flourish, and, raising his.
associate with you." There was a little" pause, during
•. To this Jocelyn answered nothing: He knew the *eight of a full grown wbich Durnovo drank slowly. plot swear to hold to tbat •agreement, If I
Vietor Durnovo was one of her leopard, all muscle and bone, and he Guy Oscardspokeagain ' fail, may God strike me dead!"
brother's closest friends; a frien•d of was ene of •those old fashioned p•ersons "If she cooked the dinner," he ,said, . _ , not slept for forty hours. The excite-
' CItAPTER XI. ' ' den 'ear had aciireelY silbeided. The
"Miss Gordon," said Meredith sud- a delight in a man's legs -or his arms, "Yes," answeted Durnovo, "•telis a
denly, with a gravity that was rare, so long as they were strong. ". good coOk, If she Is D8 ng else"
"I think I should like to." ,- better skin him here." It did not pound as if further inquiries
would be welcome, and so the subject
"Woke you before yer time, to his bot blooded eature, He was a
"will you do me a favor?" , . .• "I suppose," he said quietly, "we had
You admit that you are afraid,of . nres.” was dropped with. a silent tribute to
sir," he satid. "There's something Ilttle off his feet perhaps. He took the
Dui•novo uow; i: at any time you have They lald the skin out on the tram- the culinary powers of Durnovo's house-
' wrong arnoug-thesee'ete darky !ellen, decanter and put it to the worst use
reason to be more afraid, will you • pled maidenhair end . contemplated ft keeper at the Msala station. red for a " ' he could have selected. :
make use of Me? Will you write or The woman bad only apnea or a .
Work et mine Ile telt fer isolomp time
1417 drummitig with his anger' ail Oa
desk.
'If can only get her te be dell to
hlm," he reflected alond, "I'll get 1110
this businese yet."
At 7 o'clock Durnovo appeared et tbe
Gorden** house. Intd Managed
borrow a (Tres* Milt and Were art arcillS
in his buttonhole. It was probably
the first time that Jocelyn bad seen Iffigi
In this garb of civilization whieh is at
the same time the moot becoming end
the most tryiug variety of costume lett
to sensible men in these day. A, drama
suit finds a man out wooer than any‘•
thing except epeeele
• iticelyn woe civil ber recePtiele:
more ao indeed, than Maurice GtordOn
had hop;d fa*, Sbe mewed Almost' glad.
to see Durnovo, and evinced quite
kindly interest in his moiements. Dart
novo attributed this to the dress al%
while Maurice concluded that IOW; 4:0;
vious hints thrown out"before
bad, fallen on fniltful ground. .
At dinner Victor Durnovo was finite
charmed with the interest that Jocelyei
took in the enedition, ot which, ke
gave it ;to be understood, be was the -
chief. So also was Maurice, becauge
Durnovoai evident admiration or Joce-
lyn somewhat overcame his nattfrae,
secrecy of charatter..
• "Well," said Maurice, when Jocelyn
had left.them, "I litinDose you'll be a
millionaire in about six months?" •
Ile gently pushed the wine tower" •
him at the same time. Durnovo had
hie own Choosing,' • • . -• mentioned In the Scriptures as taking • "she knows her. businese." .• • . •• • , ment Iris escape from the plagueride
HE next morniog Jack Meredith glitter of the silver on the table, the
• WAS awakened by his servant shaded candles, the eubtle sensuality
• Joseph before It was idly light. of refinement and daintinese appealed
:come to me and ask my help?"
. "Thank you." she said hesitatingly.
"You tee," he went •on in a lighter
tone," I am not afraid of Durnovo,
have met Durnovo before. You may
• have observed that my locks n� longer
resemble the raven's wing. There is a
little gray, just hoe, above the temple.
I am getting on In life, and: I -know
'how to deal with DUrnovos:" •
"Do you . know," she said, after' a
little silence, "that I was actually
thinking Of warning you egainse Mee
Durnovo? Now I stand tighaat at ,my
OWII eresutuptiOn." . • -
• "It -wati kind of you to give.the mat-
ter any thought whatever."
He rose and threw away the end of
his ''cigar. Joseph was already. before
the door,' leading ,the horse which • •
:Maurice Gordon hail 'Placedat his
visitor's disposal.
-TIME TABLE-
. . • .
• Trains will arrive at and delve'.
from Clinton station as folloWs :
BUFFALO AND GODERICH Dry
7.38 a. m.
• 8.23 p.
5.20 p.
10.15 a. m.
12.56 m.• '
6.40 P.
10.47 p. m.
13RUCE DIV,
•• 7.47a. m.
4.23 13. m.
10.15 a. rn,
• 6 35 . m
Going East •
4 •I. it
4
• Going West
• 44 4(
44 • Lt
LONDON, TIUIWN
Going South
• 44 14
Going North
41 • II •
; ....r, I
' . CHA1TE4 N.
TIIE short equatorial twilight was
•:drawing to an enol, and all nh- •
tare stood ,la...silence, :while
H night erept up to claim the hied ---
where her •reIgn is more autaceatic than
elsewhere on earth. There Wash black
night above •tbe trees, and. a ..19a.eker
• beneath, • . • .•.
• A sportsman was abroad. He *ail
certerang up, the nett 'hand bank of:a .
stream, his only Chance lying In the• •
noise Of the waters which: neight•serye • ,
to deadest tbe sound of broken twig or... ••
.•.
rustling leaf, - , •' :Apo
' •
This .sportsman was Jaelt Meredith,.
• - .
FULL .SUMMER SERVICE
LAKE SUPERIOR DIVISION.-Steamera
leave Sarnia 3.30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, for Sault Ste, Marie, Port Arthur,
Port William and Duluar.-Friday steamer
going through to Duluth.
GEORGIAN BAV & MACKINAC DIV.--
Sieamers leave CollingwOod 1.30 p.m., Owen
Sound 11.50 p.m., Tuesday, Thursdays and
Saturdays for Seek Si, Marie and way ports,
Tuesday and Saturday steamers going through
to Mackinac. .
NORTH SHORE DIV. --For Perry Sound,
Byng Inlef, French River and Killarney,
steamer leaves Collingwood 10.30 p.m. Mots.
cloys and Fridaya. •
PARRY SOUND & PENETARG
Steamer leaves Penetang deify 2.45 for
Parry Sound and way porta.
'titian' and Information
from traihnity pair paws elawiii# at tho thillneite 040 had reached the doorstep, "run away
esker steal'.
I moment, bringing In some dishes for "Not rebellion?" he said .curtly, look- • •. "Not so soon asthat," he said; "but
• _.
• -Joseph-a tall, stately woman, with lug toward his firearms. , • - ' in time -in time." • • •
• great dark eyes, in which the petlence "No, sir, not that. It's some mortuar .."Lucky beggar!" muttered Maurice
of motherhood had •succeeded to the. - sickneSe. I 'deal know_ what it is. Gordon, with a little sigh. .
' She had the graceful slow carriage ot It's snreadin' too." .
- "They call. me," she had • said to Jack. sleeping sickness?" .... • , .
aoft fire of West Indian love anderrenb, I've been up half the night with tbent. "I don't need telling youe'•:said Div -
the creole, although ber skin was dark- • "Sickness! What does it seem likee
er ilia -that of those dangerous sirens. • Just give • me that jaeket. Not • that
. ' : , •' novo, with a sudden, confidence begot- •
more" . . • ... . • •
ten. of madeira, that lee sheiacine-
that's 'what it Is. I *can't tell you .
Meredith in her .soft, mumbled English.. "No. sir: It's not that Missis Marie • "Simiacine," repeated.•Gordon, finger- •
. . . .
a • fortnight earlier, "they call . me was take me about that -awful
. , scourge that sir. No, the poor chaps ing the Stern °I' hi" Wineglass and leek'
Merle" • • . • Ing at himkeenly between the -candle
i The ehildren be had earned after his 'ere wide awake eno.ugh-egroauine• and •shades. "Yes. Youive always beenon
own fantasy, and when she had once 'off their• beads', too, mestly," ' . . ifs' track, haven't you?"
,.. ,
44
seen hitn with them there was a not. , . Call eer. Durnovo." . . . "In six. months your. go -downs • iiiii.
able •thange. In her manner - Her eyes* "Met Mr. Durnovo, sir, gran' out is . be full of it -my shulacine, my 'elm -
rested on him with a sort of .wondering .I Came in.". - . • . .' • •
. . iaci e " • - '
..
attention c and wben- ate . cooked his In a few- minutes Jack joined:Dar-- .- 11 . ' .. ." '
"By Jove, I wish I nad attend heft!' •
meals or touched anething that was lila • novo and Oscard, who were talking to-. Maurice or on pushed the. decanter .Z
there Was something- en ber attitude • getlier on .the terraee in front .of the again -gently, .alinost surreptitiously._
.. that denoted special Care. - .. • house.- Guy .Oscard was still la his -
"' . . .
, i• Joseph called ber , 'fraissIsm
e, with i pajaas4. which he had 'tucked 'into And so; you May,somedayYon
' I'help you -that is my,
.., sore of -friendliness in his voice. Which . topboots. He also ivote• e sun helmet, help me awlll
, never rose' to 'badinage nor descended which added. sr finish to his 'costume ticket 'Reciprocity - reciprocity, my-
'•but bow?
," •
' tiefainiiihritY. • , • - • . • i They got quitegtecustomedto this get-
dear Maurice
, ' .
The man who had 'found' the..strnia- up. during the next three days, for he • Yes . •
,, . ••
. '. eine with. eager, restless, full,of nisei- .1 never had time,. to change' it and "Cant tell you now, but I wilt en
good time -in my own : time . Cele.',
• don. To tbe otherethe scheme obvious- somehow it • ceased to be • hunickaint ' '
ly presented lisefirIn a Eerent light. long .beforeeth-cer-di '-of thatetime. ' -let'a-Taill-tba-b10-eb1enaeli
Jack Ieredith was
dilettante, light , "Oh, it's. nothing?' DurnovoWas saY- i .But at, this moment the • servant.
„ l
; , .
hearted and unsatisfabrought in coffeesaying in his mas-
ctorY. . It was im-.' Ing with a • singular' ..eagerness. '. "I '
•.possible to arouse any entiluSlaam in . know these chaps. They have ' been -. ter's ear that Miss Jocelyn bad gone to
• ., .
' hire; to make:.hiin take it • seriousii, paid In . Advance They • are :• probably bed with a stight heridache
••• Gay Cascara .•was. gravely • indifferent enamming, and if they are not they are * . * * 4.' ' * : ...* - ' *
Ile wanted to get rid 0! fi‘sertain space (gay . suffering from the .effects of et During tbe tbree daysthat followed
of time, and the African forest, cen- fareWell , glorification. They . want th -Durnovo'n 'departure from Msala Jack
. _ . ,
• Mining as I+. did tee eenly excitement ' delaa• 'do. start That is . their • tittle ' 'Illeredith• and Oscard learned teekiloW.
'rade,' 'lane mit rhring" rite lone that bis lame heart lower, was•as geed .game. It wid give them a. better • eitel other., , Thehe ehree days Were as
• • . • •
• etizeie88., • .. • • a place as any. Tile •eimiacine was, in • . chance of deeeitiug." . severe a test as could well be 'found, • •
. • - - ' •._ - . • ... .; his mind, relegated to a distant place . 'feet any rate We •had better go ani , for .conrage, humanity, tenderness,
arid. it was evident that he was bring- with silent sa erection. an the course .
..behled weeks' .of sport. and adventure see them," suggested. Jack. i 'loyalty; were be turns called forth by
the matter In. hand o
Ink to .bear upon f their inspection they both arriv.ed. tee . such as his soul•loved. • : ' ,- • "No,.: don'tl" 'cried 'Denary() eagerly, • - eireumstance. Smallpox rages in Africa
thatintelligene-t-it'.Ierrk-eeraln-ss"-af-puree7tbe-amrt-the-eenroe--nlOnlente--The-t----ayee .men,saltl--Duraterly,_ detainliirlirm with both'handsi• "Take as It rages nowhere else itethese days..
ception.- which had made him. a persontwo holes- In ' the hide just above the "dadvice and don't Just have break,' The natives fight it or bow before it lla .
of some pron.:fleece inet:Ab
ler , scenes eyes, came' under ' their. notice at the ieeenee seem to ....t!he.,..t.he thing , tiereenese i ,ene
'fast in the orditiary way and. pretend -•••'before an ancient and deeply dreaded .
where nature. has A less assured place. . earne moment .and they tamed and: ensWered Meredith, "intend, at there is nothing wrong, Then after... foe. lt was nothing new to them, .and '
. Sinee. -sunset he bad . been .crawling,smlied.gravely at each: other,-;,thinkink , • '9'"
• scrambling, etereeneg ,,up: the bane ee ..the. smile thengheeethe awe ae thought , all eveets, to take' •the profits' very i Ward you can lounge 'casually It. into the ., would have been Om enough for
gible .Engese, ,. . . .. ,._! iee - .ee i . ad ; ....a. ewe, said
. j k rather
ii..e.;-•111•••••: . ' 3"qt/ter:el. Onstabardeethoeprporeveeetecteethelrehrten..
- . • in J. .,ereditn.. ill he.4 the above -,. . s ac . . , sa .s c o a •
this stipam In relentlese:Pursult of some that Englishri3en rarely put into litte/11.; nerinunlY * When 6e3r begin to 'come ' e4m11." ' ' ' ' . . ' ...
. "I'm . glad we did that" said Guy' . ,uress, and trusts by a careful attendee ' ingly, • • . . ' • . • • . ' ' ' . ,
• . - -white inen et•Maale was a clanger to
• '
. .
Oscard at 'length; satidenly, "Whatever . to 'business to. merit a. continuance of ' • . "It has. been of some .ufle, this scare,". theniselVes and. no advantage to the ma:. •
fight, as.m.e.probahly shall, before it le. .y.Our kind' patronage" ' •• ' _' • -• 'Old Durneve, . toning and looking
to abandon tbe river station, lebelnk .
comes Of this expedition Of ours -if 0 - tives. . It would. have been very simple :
anisheae-if we .hate each other ever Du.rne.V. b laughed someWhat nervous toward the river, , "It has -reminded
afterward, that skits ought to remind "It is all very We e yeu,l'hald the ..euough quinine. 1 will just thee a AO care for eecli other. But such .a. '
ly Oscan], dia notiref Me to heni. ' me of something: We baye not nearly , there suet' mot, as were stricken down.-
.
By '1) o'clock they. reached the camp half. caste • in a • lower • voice. . "You. quick canoe • and ran -Ideate to .Lorniga •
have not so' much'et t,7.fetch seine." . •• . The. Camp., .was moved across the.
ns. that we are Much ei 0. muchness." : thought never seemed' to suggest itself,
Work superintending the. discharge. of that the happiness OffinitiakWholeislifilekedle-Y ;
pends this vesture," Ile turned quite •away from -them. ••
passed 's Jack 156:it.ean travel 'night' and • day, and . be. . • river, where all , who seeined strong::
the baggage and stores from the large'. uriou smileaeros. and. Stooped to attach the lace of his and healthy were pieced under •ellnelle.,,
aWaltieg further' developments. •
at Msala. Victor Durnove was still at
trading canoes They heard the shout • , Mtrecdith's afeee. Without' turning his •';
ing and chattering before coming in . had he . glanced sideways , tnto Dur e back' here in three days ",e 'added. • • cial 'camp Set apart and guarded,. and." ' •
The infected were carried to. a ape-
engrily above the others. - . , iltevo's •fate through the gloom, But he '
said. nothink, and it was . °ward "In the meantitne.yon ,canTe getting this work was executed almost entirely •
•
"Is that .Durtiovo's voice?" asked brotte the -silence' by seeing .simply :eau; .oir- with the toeffing of the canoes, and . ; by the three Englishmen, aided by at
.
sight of thheamp, end one voiee reised;
----- "Tne • same o 8 y.„,lipp y • o•
. • . we will start as soon as I get back." ' few natlVes who had had the disease.
Meredith: • , . mee . . ei. ay, .8 lee 1 e i He stood upright and looked wetted
.--eettli weatherWise, furelee eyes ' . For th-ee days these meneveatebout • , •
. "Yes," answered his companion curt - . • . .1, • "Seems to me,"' he seed, ' "there's 't . 'with thole hives literally in, their hands, .
ly. ... . There was a little , pause, during . , • tending the sick, cheering the despond -
while night Was stalking westevard on .
It was a new voice, which Meredith which .he lighted his 'pipe. • thunder coming. , I think I had better, ,
••• had net ' betted before. • When ' they : be off at once." . • ent,•frighteniug the cowards inte some
sbouted to announce their arrival It . semblance or Self respect and dignity.
the summits .of the trees iilth stealthy ; •
•
•
was • suddenly. •heshed, and 'presently. 1. In the course of his InspecHon of the - . . " • -, . :,
lowering 'clouds which hung, black as . •
• • CONTIN uED IN' NEXT iseetife
tread. . ,
At 'last . he pine' to en, open space
4nade by. a slip of thelana into -the bed .• Mk, just above:the. trees ins cyes
• large Aninial which persistently kept
hidden in the tangle.aeross the bed of '
the river. The strange part Or it was
that when he stopPed to peep through
•the brancbes the animal stopped, too,
and he found no way ef discovering its
whereabouts.:
Once Meredith was able to decide ap-
proximately the whereabouts of his .
prey by the momentary shaking of a
twig. He raised his rifle and covered
that twig 'steadily; his fording& play-
ed tentatively on the trigger, but on
,second thought be refrained. , tie was
keenly • eonscious of the fact that the
beast wife doing its work with skill
supeittor to his own. In creisparison to
his, its movements were almost noise-
less.• -
It was terrifically hot and all the ,
It did dot seat to eccur to any of
'them that the only person whose ifidn
virtuality. wait still t olled happened to
ne jack Meredith. He alone had 'said
nothing. Ile it was who rpoke first,
after a proper period of ellence.
"It seems to me" bested, "that we
have till the . technicalities arranged
now. So far as the working Of the ex-
pedition is concerned we know our
places, mid the difficulties Will be:met
as they present themselves. But there
hi one thingewhleh I think We should
iset setter now. I have been thineing
about it while I have been waiting here
alone."
The glow of Victor Darnevo's cigar
died away eis: if In his attention he
lighted on loseple standing 'Withie the
of. the *river. :When ;Mak Mereilith' tourney° came fo ward to greet thou.
Meredith.•bardly .knew him, he was t door. ef. the •cottage watching him. Ivith.
cameto this be stepped out'. of the
thicket and stood in the open awaiting
:the approach of bis stealthy prey. The
sound of its footfall was just. percele:
tible, slowly diminishing. the distance
that divided them. 'Then the trees
were parted and a tail, fair man -step-
• ped forWard on to the opposite ,bank.
'Jack Meredith bowed gravely, and swered Meredith. . •
the. other .sportsman, eeeing the Dumpy° smiled, but there was eome-
*today of the situation, • burst. into thing behind the smile. . He did not
hearty laughter. In a' moment or two, seem to approve of .thelr meeting veith-
'be had leaped from rock to rock • and :Out bis intervention. " •
Come to • Meredith. • • The three men walked up toward
qt..seeml," be said.- "that. we have thabciuse together.. It, was a fair •sized
been Wasting a gotteiderehle amount of beim, with a heavy thatched roof that
time."• 1 ' overhung the walislike .thecrown of a.
"I very nearly wasted powder and mushroom.' The wails were only mud,
Oat" replied Jack, significantly inda • and the thatching was nothing else
eating his rifle, • • than 'banana leaves, but there was evt.
"I saw you twice and raised my dence of European taste in the garden
rifle. Your breeches are just. the color surrounding the structure and in the
of a young doe. • Are yon Meredith? glazed eviedoves and wooden door.
My name is (Meanie"• As they approached. the open door -
"All Yes, I. am Meredith.' . I way three little childreneciad In very
glad to see you." • 0,0. little More than their native' modesty,
They Shook bands, 'Thole Was a ran gleefully out and proceeded to
twinkle in Jack 'Meredith's eyes, blft ' engage Setae on Jack Meredith's boots,
Oseard was quite graye. Ills sense of looking. upo6 him as h mere public
bomor was not Very keen, and be was conveyance They took hardly atiy
efOre all thingp a sportsman. . notice of him, but chattered and 'guar -
"I left the entities a mile. • beitew Ivied among themselves,. eometimes
Msala and landed to shoot a deer we In baby English, sometimes. in dialect
SOW drinking, but I never saw him . unknown to Oscard and Meredith. •
• afterward. Then I heard You, and I "These," said tbe latter, when they
have been stalking you ever Attlee." were seated and dinging with their
"But I never expected you So soon, little dusky rime round his legs, "are
You were . not due till-loottl" Jack the very rumttatist little kids I ever
whispered suddenly. • •, • came across."
()scud turned on his heel, and the purnovo gave an itnpatient lough
. next instant their nvo riftes rang out and Went on toward -the tamale. But
through • the forest stillness In one Guy Oscard stopped and waked mote
sharp ,crack. Across the Orem, ten slowly beiside Meredith as he labored
yards bellied the spot where Oscard along heavy footed.
so much stronger and healthier, in ap-
pearance. Durnovo shook hands heart-
• -
"No need to introduce you two," *he '
said, looking from one to the other.
"No; after one mistake we discovered
each other's identity in the forest," an,.
had emerged from the brush, a leopard "They fire the jolliest little souls Int -
sprang inn) the air flee feet from tin aginable," Continued :lack Meredith.
ground, With head threwil back "There," he said to them when they
a 'singular half suppressed smile.
; • "Yes," be said hurriedly; "I will start'
at once. I can eat some sort of break-
fast when we are under Ivey."
,• He looked beneath his lashes quickly
from Jack to Guy, and back again.
' Thely silent aequiescence was- not quite
satisfactory. 'rime. he called hie own
; men' and spoke to them in a tongue
' finknoten to the Englishmen. Ile bur-
: ried forward their preparations with a
' feverish Irritability which made lack
Meredith thixik of the first time he bad
Was forgetting to smoke; bot be Said • ever seen Durnovo, tafew miles farther
nettling. . lawn •the river,all palpitating and
"It seems to me," Jack went ontrembling with, climatie nervousness.
"that before WO leave here we should Hie face was quite yellow and there
draw up and sign a sort of deed of was a line drawn diagonally' dont the
'patenership. Of MUIR' .‘170 $111fit each hostrils down each cheek, to lose itself
• Other perfectly -there Is no question of • ultimately in the heavy black mus -
that. But life is an uncertain thing, as that.
some earlier philosopher -said before Scarcely had the boat disappeared in
the bend of the river before the rale
me; and one never knows what may
happen. I have drawn ap it paper In broke, The' thunder crashed out in
triplicate. If you have a match I will sharp reports, and the men • ceatied
read it to yott." . rowing and crouched "down in the
hind him he had left a greater danger;
canoe tut Durnovo knew that be.
Oscerd produced ,a n* ch and, still:-
,
Ing it on his boot sheltered it with
the hollow of his hand . while ;MO smallpox had laid its hanapn the camp
recta; •-' , , at Wale
"We, the Undersigned, hereby enter . It is still said on the Ogowe neer
V -
into partnership to searthat no man travels like ictor Dur
ch for and sell '
to our mutual profit the herb known ae • novo. Certain it is that in twenty-seven
sintiacine, the ,prodts to be divided ' hours from the thee he left Msala on
the morning of the great storm he pre
11)10 th ee equal p ertioes after the de- •
Male Blushers and :Their, Cure..
'• ' "A good ninny men blush," said 'a
physician; "some so painfully that they
come to me to be cured. The cure I•,
•recommend is an old one. It is the
abandonment of overheavy clothing,
• especially of woolen sochs. A azing it
?
• is how many male blushers have a
predilection for thick sock. , or wool.
Hut some blushers wear lig t enough
clothes.. To them I can '-i) ly recom-
mend. a nerve treatment. • I advise
them to make speeches at banquets; to
be witnesses in murder trials, to go to
teas and dances, to develop, In short.
- the nerve, 58 a wrestler develops his
• muscle. Blushing is a difficult disorder
to cure. As a rule, it passes away of
itself when the victim reaches his thir-
ty-tlfth year.". • • „ ' •
. •
duction of . one-hundreddi part to be sented himself before Maurice Gordon
in les office A the factory at Loango,
handed to the servant, Joseph Atkin -
"win yOu be at home tonight?"
eon, Any further expetisee that may I hi aside
be lecurred to be borne in the sante Durnovo,asked
the hospitable decanter. "I have got
proportion as the original expense of
a lot of work to do today, but X should
' fitting out the expedition -namely, teen like to run in Mid see you this eVening."
fifths hi be paid by Guy Crtivener Os. "Vol; cotne and dine," '
card, two.fiftlis by John Meredith, one- Durneiro•shoOk his head and looked
filth by Victie Duinove down at his wrinkled and draggled
"Ther sura of £50 per month te
be paid hi Victor Durnovo, where, ciutliltig. •
Seeen o!claffir sharer
With he Mar boy the thine awed ., . "Web! r11 16" PA bittek Oat
The LondeoSiit. '
The pit we used to read• about In
English novele bas almost disappeered
from . the London theaters, surviving
mainly at the Music bailey though much
• abbreviated, The orehestra shills have
supplanted It with their high charges
so that tae parquet appears quite
American, flack of these stalls, In
what we should call the parquet cir-
cle, are the cheap Seats forming the
Modern pit, nigh and low, Heti abd
• poor, are thus brought directly in eon,
• trattte-Travel Magazine
Rooks and Sunday,
All the animal world appears to
know a Sunday from a week day.
There Is it tradition in Laneashire and
perhaps elsewhere that the rooks al -
Ways cenitneitee blinding on the first
Sundey in March. This hits been fre-
quently verified by 'observation, and
the punctuality of the rooks might al -
Moat claim to exerted the lining of coin.
e !deuce. •